title: Case report: making the CONN-ection: two cases of persistent hypertension and hypokalaemia following renal transplantation.
abstract: Conn's syndrome following renal transplantation is extremely rare. Here, we present two cases of persistent hypertension and hypokalemia, emerging after kidney transplantation, which proved resistant to medical treatment. In both patients, biochemical investigations elicited massively elevated plasma aldosterone levels and suppressed renin activity. Abdominal MRI demonstrated a 90- and 20-mm right adrenal tumour in cases 1 and 2, respectively. For both patients, curative treatment was achieved via laparoscopic right adrenalectomy.
authors.affiliation: Kings College London School of Medicine, First Floor, Hodgkin Building, Guy's Campus, London, SE1 1UL, UK. atul.kumar@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Johnathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.forename: Mufaddal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moonim
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steddon
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000209:etiology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed